Comparative study of student-self-esteem: Implications for zest for living, school bullying and school education

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25590243
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: SAKURAI Riho 広島大学, 教育開発国際協力研究センター, 准教授 (50509354)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: Self-Esteem / bullying / lower secondary students / comparative study

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The major purpose of this study is to understand how student self-esteem has been promoted at school and how it relates to bullying or being bullied in African and Asian countries, including Japan. Specifically, the study compares whether there are differences between genders or among countries. Male students were found to be more likely to have bullied or been bullied than female students across countries. In all countries, self-esteem was also found to be higher for students who were not exposed to bullying compared to those who were.

Free Research Field

教育社会学